Favorites October 18th 2021
Unfortunately nearly everyone in America seems maniacally obsessed with the fear that their neighbors are getting undeserved freebies of one sort or another...
David Roberts @drvolts
The marketing is all wrong, you've gotta call it something cooler than a tax credit, "freedom dividend" was excellent in my opinion.
This guy. Just buy out his sons of their stupid coal company already.
Erik Wasson @elwasson
More seriously, there was a convincing argument by Tabarrok today that buying a coal mine and leaving the coal in the ground is the way to go.
Apple’s not afraid to name their competitors this time: that’s an M1 Max with roughly equivalent GPU perf to an RTX 3080 Laptop edition. Apple effectively came out of nowhere with GPU performance competitive with Nvidia. Imagine how this could scale in a Mac Pro with a 1300W PSU
They also got rid of the touchbar, good riddance.
For context, the US power sector emits just under 3% of annual GHG pollution worldwide. Its carbon footprint exceeds the *global* aviation sector’s.
It’s easy to overstate the stakes of any one climate policy, but the speed that the US grid decarbonizes is unusually significant.
This comparison blew me away, a good reminder that focusing on US power sector continues to be worthwhile, even as it has become cleaner.
